Lip-stick container



Aug. 30, 1927. 86

G. H. WAYNE LIP STICK CONTAINER Filed Jan. 27. 1.92.6

' INVENTOR fi ji lfiuwfi ATTORNEY S Patented Aug. 30, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GLENN H. WAYNE, or WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR T0 SCOVILL MANUFAC- TUBING COMPANY, OI! WATERBURY, NEC'IIGUT.

CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CON- LIP-STICK CONTAINER.

Application filed January 27, 1926. Serial No. 84,010.

This invention relates to certain improvements in holders for lipsticks and similar cosmetics.

These lipstick holders, as now generally made, comprise a casing having a slot and a carrier arranged to slide in the casing and a. cover for closing the casing when not in use. The carriers for the cosmetic are provided with projections arranged to extend through the slot in the inner casing by which the carrier may be moved back and forth in the casing.

These lipstick holders are low-priced and to be made profitably, have to be produced very cheaply. Furthermore, they must be arranged so that they can be readily filled by the customer with the cosmetic and easily and quickly assembled.

In making these lipstick holders it has heretofore been the practice to form the projcction on the holder either by cutting out and rolling back a piece of the metal of the holder, or to stamp up a projection intermediate the ends of the holder, or to use a small screw which rides in the slot of the casing. The last method is not liked by the customers because of the liability of the screw falling out. The first two methods, while they obviate this difficulty, are expensive in that a further operation is required for forming the projection after the holder is formed, this adding to the expense of producing the article. Furthermore, rough edges are apt to be formed which is apt to interfere with the removal of the parts and their subsequent use. I

It is the particular object of the invention to provide a stick of this character in which the holder and the projection thereon may be formed at one operation and in which the projection is in the form of a rounded nib, so as to produce a holder without rough edges, and in which this head or nib is formed at the open end of the holder so that the holder can be filled with cosmetic if desired after it has been assembled in the carrier.

lVith this and other objects not specifically referred to in View, the invention consists of certain novel parts, arrangements and combinations which will be described in connection with the accompanying drawings and the novel features pointed out in the claims hereunto annexed.

Referring to these drawings,-

Figure 1 is a side view of the improved lipstick holder in closed condition, the cap or cover being in position on the casin Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure T, the cover having been removed and the cosmetic partly extruded from the carrier;

Figure 3 is a detail side view of the improved cosmetic holder showing the nib or bead;

Figure 4 is a front end view of the same; and

Figure 5 is a side View of the same, the view being taken on the side opposite the nib.

Referring now to these drawings, the improved lipstick holder will include an inner casing 1 of appropriate size and dimension having a closed end 2 and an open end 3. Disposed in one side of this casing is a slot 4 which extends substantially the length of the casing and opens from. the casing througha narrow throat 5, this throat being narrower than the slot 4 and being perfectly formed with tapered sides 6.

Arranged to slide in this casing is a stick carrier or holder 7, this holder being dimensioned to fit snugly within the casing and being capacitated to hold a stick or cosmetic indicated at 8.

This holder is provided with a projection by which it can be moved back and forth in Y the casing. In accordance with the invention the holder is stamped from light metal and the projection or nib is formed at the same time. This nib is marked 9 and is, as shown, formed so as to extend inwardly from the open end 10 of the holder. The nib or bead 9 extends longitudinally of the holder and forms a channel or groove into which the cosmetic may extend, and thus acts to assist in holding or anchoring the cosmetic in place. This nib is, as shown at 11, in Fig. 4, rounded and in the best constructions the inner end of the nib is tapered as indicated at 12 in Figure 3.

This construction, together with the tapered walls of the throat 5, permit ready removal and furthermore, if desired, the user can fill the holder with cosmetic after the holder has been assembled in the casing. With this construction, furthermore, no sharp edges are formed which would be liable to interfere with the use of the holder or its assembly in the casing, and as the nib and holder can be formed at the same opernation, a very cheap structure is provided and one which can be very economically produced.

The casing, when not in use, is closed by a cap or cover 13'which is rovided with a slot 14 into which the ni may enter, as shown in Fi .1. The holder may also be rovided wit a projection 15 struck in rom the side thereof for anchoring the cosmetic stick im the holder.

What is claimed is: I

1. In a 1i stick, the combination of an inner casing aving a slot extending substantially the length of the casing and opening from the casin through a narrow throat, a cosmetic stick older in the casing having an open end stam ed from light metal with a smooth rounde head or nib on one side forming a longitudinal channel or groove extending inwardly from the open end of the holder and arranged to project through and slide in the slot, and a cover or ca having a slot arranged to receive the head when the cover is in closed position on the casin I 2. %n a lipstick, the combination of an inner casing having a slot extending substantially the length of the casing and opening from the casin through a narrow throat having tapered si es, a cosmetic stick holder in the casing having an open end stam ed from light metal with a smooth roun ed bead or nib on one side forming a longitudinal channel or groove extending inwardly from the open end of the holder and said head being tapered rearwardly and arranged to project through and slide in the slot, and a cover or cap for closing the casing.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

GLENN H. WAYNE. 

